Ogun govt hails NUT for high educational standards

Ogun State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Chief Jide Ojuko has commended the leadership of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), for the sustenance of high educational standard in the state.

Ojuko, who acknowledged that the union is putting more efforts in ensuring good records and performance in the sector, spoke while receiving the new executive of the union, led by its Chairman, Comrade Adebanjo Titilope, in his office in Abeokuta.

The Commissioner said the Governor Ibikunle Amosun-led administration would not relent in ensuring prompt payment of teacher’s salaries and entitlements, noting that the role of teachers cannot be over-emphasised, as they are the key agents of change in raising future generations.

“This administration in Ogun is responsible and would leave no stone unturned in ensuring that those in charge of raising the future generations of this state are adequately taken care of. Let me, on behalf of the state government, assure you, that local government autonomy, that you crave for, can only be a success, with adequate funding. The government has been augmenting what comes from Abuja since I became commissioner in this dispensation, hence it must be commended,” Ojuko said.

Titilope promised the support of the NUT to the government, saying that the union is pleased with the prompt payment of salaries and allowances of primary school teachers as well as arrears of the 2015 promotion.

He added that the union appreciated the government for using the Paris Club funds to offset deduction arrears of workers.

According to him, the Amosun administration has proven itself to be a government of all, by making the welfare of the workforce a priority.

The state NUT boss said the union was aware of government’s intervention in the area of staff welfare, assuring that the NUT would continue to bridge the communication gap and erase all ill- feelings as well as ensure cordial relationship among it, the Ministry and the State at large.

Chairman, Mokoloki Ofada LCDA, Hon. Kudirat Balogun, also appreciated the leadership of the NUT for retracing their steps and joining hands with the state government in its rebuilding mission.

The government, she said, would create an enabling environment to foster harmonious relationship.